Friday, December 31, 2021

ECU Grad Transfer CB Nolan M. Johnson Receives Offer From North Carolina A&T State Aggies

SWAC Men's Basketball Game Day: Jan. 3-5

TSU Men's Basketball Game on Saturday Postponed

Darcy Costello | His college career began at Jessup prison and finished onstage with a degree from the University of Baltimore

"Others in Maryland, including the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), hope to begin offering similar programs to incarcerated students soon."

Florida A&M | Minnesota Vikings Broadcaster Greg Coleman To Retire After 2021 Season | BCFHOF

East-West Shrine Bowl Partners With MEAC, SWAC To Promote HBCU Play

Diversity is a fact. Inclusion is a choice.

Kyle T. Mosley | HBCU Coaches Are Masters in 'The Art of Flipping Recruits'

John Feinstein | Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

North Carolina Central University | Celtics Legend, 10-Time NBA Champion Sam Jones Dies at Age 88 | Nick Goss

Southern University will delay the start of its spring semester by two weeks because of the recent surge in coronavirus cases

Thursday, December 30, 2021

WATCH | TSU Women's Basketball Opens OVC Play With OT Win

SWAC Announces Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols for Men’s and Women’s Basketball

Samuel G. Freedman | The game desegregating college football in the South happened 52 years ago -- Florida A&M vs. UT

FAMU and UT football will forever be remembered as the Southern programs that boldly helped to usher in college football’s new social era.

Bowie State Men’s Hoops Host Bloomfield Thursday

WATCH | @tsuaristocrats Band Director Reginald McDonald explains the origin of the “Aristocrat of Bands” moniker

TSU Aristocrat of Bands will be performing halftime for the Lakers home game against the Portland Trail Blazers on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2021!

WATCH | Liberty transfer 6'-6"/315 DL William Green Jr., picked up offers from Norfolk State, Mississippi Valley State and Others ...

Whose birthday is today?

FAMU Baseball Prospect Camp Set For January 15, 2022

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Preview | Women's basketball hosts Grand Canyon in WAC opener

Preview: Chicago State Men's Basketball at GCU

Richard Young, The No. 1 Ranked Running Back Recruit In 2023 Class, To Visit FAMU | A Sign Of The Times? | Devon POV Mason

Class of 2023 | No. 1 RB Richard Young to visit Jackson State

Devon POV Mason | ‘He Never Belonged To Them’| Florida State Fans Are Upset That Deion Sanders Flipped No. 1 Overall Recruit Travis Hunter

Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill Re-Establishing Michigan's First Historically Black College

LANSING, Mich. - Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 5447 and 5448 to facilitate the reopening of the Lewis College of Business as the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in Detroit as Michigan's first and only Historically Black College or University (HBCU). 

"I am proud to play a part in helping reopen the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design in Detroit," said Governor Whitmer. "I am committed to expanding educational opportunities for Michiganders across our state to put Michigan first."  

"Thank you to Governor Whitmer and all of our partners for helping the grandchildren of Violet T. Lewis, Pensole and College for Creative Studies establish an HBCU in the state of Michigan," said Dr. D'Wayne Edwards, founder of the Pensole Design Academy in Oregon and future president of the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design. "Our goal is to celebrate Violet T. Lewis' life's work she established in the city of Detroit in 1939. Today moves us forward to another major step in continuing her legacy with the support of our founding partners College for Creative Studies, Target, and The Gilbert Family Foundation." 

"Michigan's first historically Black college shut its doors eight years ago. Next year, those doors will reopen," said Rep. Joe Tate, D - Detroit. "I was proud to work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle and the governor to have an HBCU back in the city of Detroit. I look forward to seeing the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design create valuable opportunities for its students and businesses across Michigan and Detroit." 

"Thanks to Gov. Whitmer and bi-partisan legislative support, Detroit now has the first HBCU anywhere to reopen," said Mayor Mike Duggan. " As a predominantly Black city, this helps send a clear message that we are building one city, for everyone with opportunity for everyone." 

"Michigan's creative talent has long been an important part of its economic success. This is underscored by the fact that the state boasts the highest concentration of commercial and industrial designers in the country and that Detroit is the only US city recognized as a UNESCO City of Design," said Don Tuski, president of College for Creative Studies. " I want to thank Governor Whitmer for taking action to support this pipeline of underserved  talent alongside the countless partners who have stood up to make this a reality. We can create generations of equitable access to the skills that will lead to good-paying jobs and create products and services that can define the future."

"Partnering with D'Wayne Edwards to create a tuition-free academy by reactivating a Historically Black College or University is a tremendous opportunity for Detroit and the Black community on so many levels," said Sen. Marshall Bullock (D-Detroit), chair of the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus. "I'm eager to see the ingenuity that will once again come from students at the PENSOLE Lewis College of Business and Design, as well as the future they envision for their communities." 

"Today Governor Whitmer made history when she signed this legislation into law to rebuild the Lewis College of Business," said Katrenia L. Camp, President of the Detroit Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. "This will give countless students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to follow in their parents' and grandparents' footsteps by attending an HBCU right here in the city of Detroit. This is our opportunity to build pathways of opportunity for people to learn and live at their fullest potential." 

The Lewis College of Business operated in Detroit from 1939 until 2013. The college originally received its HBCU designation in 1987, and the reopening school is requesting HBCU recognition from the state. Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design is expected to open in 2022, on the campus of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.  

House Bill 5447 was sponsored by Rep. Joe Tate, D - Detroit, House Bill 5448 was sponsored by Rep. Pamela Hornberger, R - Chesterfield, and copies can be found here and here


SWAC Men's Basketball Scores and Recaps: Dec. 28

SWAC Women's Basketball Scores and Recaps: Dec. 28

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

WATCH | TSU Aristocrat of Bands heads off to California to march in the Rose Parade | Kelsey Gibbs

Chicago State | Forward Trayvon Palmer is headed to Detroit | Omari Sankofa II

Deion Sanders Reveals Why He Won’t Schedule Power 5 Games | Daniel Bates

South Carolina – SC State Men’s Basketball Game Postponed

Delaware State Men's Basketball Activities on Pause

Eastern Illinois University Transfer Portal Freshman QB Otto Kuhns Commit to Norfolk State

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Class Of 2022 | 4 Star DT Christen Miller Is Taking an Official Visit to FAMU In January.

NCAA Tranfer Portal Update

Long Beach Poly WR Tyson Bordeaux commits to Grambling State football

Monday, December 27, 2021

One season into Edward Waters coaching tenure, Morgan sees bright football future for Tigers

How to watch Alabama State men's basketball vs. Texas Tech on live stream, plus game time | Francisco Guzman

Matt Norlander | College basketball hit hard by COVID-19 cancellations: Morgan State, Texas Southern latest to join the list of paused teams

Andrew Ivins | Richard Young, No. 1-ranked 2023 RB, planning to visit Florida A&M soon

Tennessee State transfer OL Jeremiah Frazier will visit Georgia Southern

Alabama A&M Women's Basketball Game at Nicholls State Canceled

Deron Snyder | Travis Hunter’s move to an HBCU is just the latest infuriating change for the establishment

FAMU Rattler Game at Illinois Canceled

Division I Football Programs evaluating UNSIGNED 2022s

xoCoachToccara | For the first time in over a decade, I’m under 150lbs | Coach @AllenU_WBB

Tennessee State transfer OL Jeremiah Frazier picked up an offer from Southern Illinois and APSU

Dartmouth transfer DB Isaiah Johnson picked up an offer from Grambling

UCLA transfer LB Myles Jackson schedules visits to Jackson State and Indiana

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Joshua Short S/CB @ East Mississippi JuCo Picks up First HBCU Offer

CO’22| 3-star DB Robert Wilson, Tallahassee Lincoln Decommit from LA Tech University and re-opens recruitment

West Virginia State University | How Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” for Industrial Air Pollution

6'-5" DB/WR Deantwon Brown Commit to Alabama State Hornets

#4 IOL In NATION Receives First HBCU Offer from Alcorn State